VOON 1,317 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 A lot of lads down our way are blaming poor pheasant numbers on the Buzzard? You'd hardly see a few pheasants pecking now, whereas one time you'd see a couple in most fields along the road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Fireman, interestingly there's a letter in a recent Countrymans weekly regarding Buzzards killing Little Owls. The writer reckons the owner of his local Owl sanctuary is blaming the Buzzard for the shortage of Little Owl numbers. It's interesting to hear that coming from an obvious BOP lover. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,818 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Fireman, interestingly there's a letter in a recent Countrymans weekly regarding Buzzards killing Little Owls. The writer reckons the owner of his local Owl sanctuary is blaming the Buzzard for the shortage of Little Owl numbers. It's interesting to hear that coming from an obvious BOP lover. Buzzards can be b*****ds, they are the magpie of the hawk family Cheers, D. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Fireman, interestingly there's a letter in a recent Countrymans weekly regarding Buzzards killing Little Owls. The writer reckons the owner of his local Owl sanctuary is blaming the Buzzard for the shortage of Little Owl numbers. It's interesting to hear that coming from an obvious BOP lover. Buzzards can be b*****ds, they are the magpie of the hawk family Cheers, D. If it's got a hook beak it's a b*****d mate...☺️ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Fireman, interestingly there's a letter in a recent Countrymans weekly regarding Buzzards killing Little Owls. The writer reckons the owner of his local Owl sanctuary is blaming the Buzzard for the shortage of Little Owl numbers. It's interesting to hear that coming from an obvious BOP lover. Buzzards can be b*****ds, they are the magpie of the hawk family Cheers, D. If it's got a hook beak it's a b*****d mate...☺️ Yaaaaawwwwwwnnn......... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Accip, you're doing that much yawning you should go to bed, . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 Accip, you're doing that much yawning you should go to bed, . A mild case of narcolepsy brought on by déjà vu......haha ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 1,873 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 I've seen them several times taking blue tits in my garden; usually plucking them from a bird feeder. The odd thing is that there are always far more house sparrows (nearly two dozen) in my garden than blue tits but he always seems to favour the blue tits. Also, I can always tell when they've moved back into my local wood to breed as there's a sudden and dramatic increase in wood pigeon kills. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hjckcff 1,738 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 i used to watch a pair that lifted starlings regularly . it was like they where working together. one would fly low along the hedge this would make them lift and fly through a pylon the other used to wait in a tree at the other side and nail one as they flew through the pylon. i was surprised at the fact they had a bit of work to do to finish them not a quick kill like i thought. awesome little birds. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,967 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 i used to watch a pair that lifted starlings regularly . it was like they where working together. one would fly low along the hedge this would make them lift and fly through a pylon the other used to wait in a tree at the other side and nail one as they flew through the pylon. i was surprised at the fact they had a bit of work to do to finish them not a quick kill like i thought. awesome little birds. Many years ago i was heading to a cracking pipe under a eletric pylon which allways held a fox and i heard this mad wirring sound comming from the other side of the hedge and as i popped my head through a gap so see what it was a spar went upside down and plucked a starling out from the flock who's mass of wings were making the wirring sound,it happened feet from my face and something i know i'll never see so up close again.I did watch a female spar chase a partridge a good 250 yrds across a stubble field the other day,the spar was slowly loosing ground on it as they went over a far hedge and it was looking good for the partridge .Another thing i saw and a couple of others while we were waiting for the guns to get to pegs the other day was a BOP that was massive and the total wingspan of one of the 2 crows that were trying to mob it wasn't even one wing of this BOP,much larger than the buzzards weve been plauged with and it must have been either a golden eagle or a sea eagle .. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Accip74 7,112 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 i used to watch a pair that lifted starlings regularly . it was like they where working together. one would fly low along the hedge this would make them lift and fly through a pylon the other used to wait in a tree at the other side and nail one as they flew through the pylon. i was surprised at the fact they had a bit of work to do to finish them not a quick kill like i thought. awesome little birds. Many years ago i was heading to a cracking pipe under a eletric pylon which allways held a fox and i heard this mad wirring sound comming from the other side of the hedge and as i popped my head through a gap so see what it was a spar went upside down and plucked a starling out from the flock who's mass of wings were making the wirring sound,it happened feet from my face and something i know i'll never see so up close again.I did watch a female spar chase a partridge a good 250 yrds across a stubble field the other day,the spar was slowly loosing ground on it as they went over a far hedge and it was looking good for the partridge .Another thing i saw and a couple of others while we were waiting for the guns to get to pegs the other day was a BOP that was massive and the total wingspan of one of the 2 crows that were trying to mob it wasn't even one wing of this BOP,much larger than the buzzards weve been plauged with and it must have been either a golden eagle or a sea eagle .. Maybe Sea Eagle? As you probably know, there have been sightings along the East Anglian Coast in very recent years.........there was a rumour that perhaps a proposed release program, that had been halted, may of gone ahead anyway?? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,967 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 We came up with the sea eagle because of that very reason and i do think a few have been released allready Accip, ,would say it was a odd thing to see in the arse end of Norfolk but it being the arse end of Norfolk nothing is off limits oddity wise .. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 5,325 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I'd reckon Sea Eagle. They've been releasing them up here for years. Some of the birds are sat tracked and I'm sure I read that one bird released in Fife on the east coast was on the Solway Firth on the west coast the next day. If it wasn't released locally, a bird released from Scotland could find it's way there easy. Think all the released birds have wing tags which are hard to miss. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hydropotesinermis 724 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I have seen a couple of sea eagles in Suffolk as a kid. Maybe 25 years ago. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 Buzzards are opportunists, seen them take all sorts. leverets, blue tits and poults, lifted this off the net but it shows anything is fair game to them, this one has a pigeon chick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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